# Peter Hardy (actor)

Peter Hardy (11 January 1957 – 16 March 2023) was an Australian actor, theatre performer, and musician.

## Early life and career

Hardy was born in Perth, Western Australia on 11 January 1957. He began his music career in 1969 playing the French horn in the CCGS Orchestra. Hardy began his career on stage on the show "Revue - The Other Opening". Later, he played and sang in "An Officer And A Gentleman" in the Lyric Theatre in Sydney under the direction of Simon Phillips.
Hardy began his film career in 1986 with The Pursuit of Happiness, after which he played in a number of films, TV movies, TV series and shorts. In 1996, Hardy appeared in the Network 10 series Sweat. Between 2006 and 2009 he appeared in 44 episodes of McLeod's Daughters as Phil Rakich. In 2012, Hardy appeared in a television film, Dangerous Remedy, as Robbie McGregor.

## Death

Hardy died while snorkelling at South Beach in Fremantle, Western Australia, on 16 March 2023. He was 66.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1986 | The Pursuit of Happiness | John | Feature film |
| 1988 | Daisy and Simon (aka Where the Outback Ends) | Rowdy | Feature film |
| 1990 | Jackaroo | Ram Gallagher | TV movie |
| 1990 | Elvis Killed My Brother | Leon | Short film |
| 1993 | The Feds: Terror | Rory Hay | TV movie |
| 1993 | Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story | Chief Walpole | TV movie |
| 1994 | Baby Bath Massacre | Adrian's father | TV movie |
| 1997 | The Last of the Ryans | Woggsie | TV movie |
| 1997 | Fable | Mack | TV movie |
| 1997 | The Ripper | Patrician | Feature film |
| 1999 | Dead End | Det. Insp. Wolcott | Feature film |
| 2000 | Chopper | Detective Cooney | Feature film |
| 2001 | Chasing Rabbits | Nick | Short film |
| 2008 | Cane Cutter | Mr. Richmond (voice) | Short film |
| 2012 | Dangerous Remedy | Robbie McGregor | TV movie |
| 2016 | Hard Target 2 | Jacob Zimling | Direct to video |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1986 | Prisoner | Dave Wilson | TV series, episode: #1.625 |
| 1992 | Phoenix | Rocky Wilson | TV series, episode: "Snow Job" |
| 1993 | Stark | Lifesaver | TV series, episode: #1.1 |
| 1993 | Snowy | Pokey | TV series |
| 1993-1994 | Time Trax | Dr. Keneally | TV series, episodes: "Little Boy Lost" & "Perfect Pair" |
| 1994 | A Country Practice | Steve Atkinson | TV series, episode: "The Grass Is Greener" |
| 1994 | Janus | Gavin Lindsay | TV series, episode: "Judgement Amongst Short Men" |
| 1994-2005 | Blue Heelers | Rob Cole / Colin Fraser / Hayden Benett / Mike Knights | TV series, 4 episodes: "Why Give People Rights? They Only Abuse Them", "A Question of Loyalties“, "Reality Bytes" & "Child's Play" |
| 1995 | The Man from Snowy River | Seb Holgate | TV series, episode: "Montana Territory". Also known in United States as "Snowy River: The McGregor Saga" |
| 1995 | Naked | Dennis "The Gorilla that took Manila" Gibson | TV series |
| 1995 | Halifax f.p. | Police Officer Tony Roman | TV series, episodes: "Hard Corps" & "Cradle and All" |
| 1996 | The Bite | Pete | TV series |
| 1996 | Naked: Stories of Men | Gibbo | TV series, episode: "Coral Island" |
| 1996 | Sweat | Sid O'Reilly | TV series, episodes: #1.1 - #1.26 |
| 1997 | Good Guys, Bad Guys | Kirby | TV series, episode: "Return of the Phantom" |
| 1997 | State Coroner | Gary Turrell | TV series, episode: "Shortcut to Death" |
| 1997 | Neighbours | Jimmy Drane / Jimmy Draine | TV series, episodes: #1.2950, #1.2951 and #1.2976 |
| 1998 | Wildside | Ewan Mancini | TV series, episode #1.34 |
| 1999 | Stingers | Det. Insp. Ron Leighton | TV series, episodes: "Lone Hand", "Proving Ground", "Cast Off", "Dead Man's Throw" & "Swarm" |
| 2000 | Eugénie Sandler P.I. | Stokesy | TV series, episode #1.5 |
| 2006-2009 | McLeod's Daughters | Phil Rakich | TV series, episodes: 143, 157, 159, 163, 166, 169, 180–184, 186–189, 191–199, 202–211, 213–220, 222 (also song performer), 224 |
| 2008 | The Strip | Colin Tully | TV series, episode #1.10 |
| 2009 | East West 101 | Barry Hill | TV series, episode "Ice in the Veins" |
| 2011 | Rush | Doug Rainey | TV series, episodes: #4.6 - #4.9 |